29th November 2004
Object name: UGC 3697
Popular name: Integral Sign Galaxy
Object type: Galaxy
Magnitude: 12.9
Size: 3.5'x0.3'
Position angle: 76°
Apparent RA: 7h 12m 1s
Apparent Dec: +71° 49' 27"
Constellation: Camelopardalis
200mm F5 newtonian @F5 , SC3.5 toucam RAW mode. IRB filter.
130x6s frames. No guiding. Taken on misty night with a very bright moon. This was just an experiment to see if I could get anything of this stange shaped galaxy. Also includes galaxy UGC 3714 bottom just left of centre and galaxy PGC 213372 bottom just right of centre. PGC 213372 is listed at magnitude 17.
The AVI was stacked in Registax 3 development version. Saved as TIFF and curves in photoshop. A less stretched copy of the bright stars was "with darken" layered to reduce star bloat.
It looks like its time to clean a smudge off my CCD!
Location: Curdridge, Southampton, UK. 51N 15W.